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Comal County reported enough COVID-19 recoveries to drive its active case count downward on Wednesday and its first May death, with health officials saying a New Braunfels man in his 70s died in a city hospital on May 10.
It s the third death the county has reported this week, with the other two dating back to April. There have now been 320 deaths since the pandemic arrived locally in March of 2020.
Health officials added 63 recoveries and 45 additional cases on Wednesday, with 23 of the cases backlogged and 22 new, with 21 confirmed and 24 probable.
The county s active case count dropped from 351 to 338 with six of those patients hospitalized. That s the first significant active case count drop since April 23 when it dropped from 233 to 219. Since that date it s climbed steadily back over 300 at the start of May.
Comal County health officials added two COVID-19 deaths to its data on Tuesday morning, both of them women who died in area hospitals in April.
A New Braunfels woman in her 70s died at a New Braunfels hospital on April 19, and a Bulverde woman in her 60s died at a San Antonio hospital on April 27, authorities said.
There have now been 319 deaths reported in Comal County since the pandemic first arrived locally in March of 2020. In neighboring Guadalupe County, where part of the city of New Braunfels is located, there have been 229 deaths.
Comal County s active case count also continued to inch higher, with officials reporting 57 new cases and 49 recoveries. Of the new cases, 34 are confirmed and 23 are probable. The county now has 357 active cases with seven of those patients hospitalized.
Seventeen of the newest cases are confirmed, while nine are probable. Seven of the cases are hospitalized.
There have been 317 deaths since the pandemic arrived locally in March of 2020, but there have been far fewer since vaccinations began, and Comal County s most recent death was someone who had tested positive late last year.
On Monday, Comal County hospitals reported caring for 13 COVID-19 patients with three in intensive care an one on a ventilator. Those numbers, as well as the regional hospitalization rate continue to be lower than seen in the past.
The percentage of hospital beds in use by COVID-19 patients in the 22-county region that includes both Comal and Guadalupe counties was at 3.02% on Monday.
Comal County s active COVID-19 case count continued to inch higher on Friday as health officials added 21 new cases and four recoveries, but hospital use and the local positivity rate remained low.
Twelve of the newest cases are confirmed and nine are probable. That leaves the county with 350 active cases with six of those patients hospitalized. The county s active case count crossed back over the 300 patient threshold at the start of the week, with 301 reported on Monday.
There have been 317 deaths reported since the pandemic arrived locally in March of 2020, but no new fatalities have been added since April 26.
On Friday, Comal County hospitals reported caring for a dozen COVID-19 patients with two in intensive care and one on a ventilator. The percentage of hospital beds across the 22-county region that includes both Comal and Guadalupe counties remained low at 3.59% on Friday.